Archived posts, September 2011

Block level links and accessibility

HTML5 allows links to contain block level elements instead of just inline elements. This can be useful but there are currently potential usability issues with screen readers.

Posted on September 6, 2011 in Accessibility, HTML 5

Screen readers, list items and list-style:none

Many developers expect screen readers to ignore visual styling of semantic HTML elements. They mostly do, but with list items their behaviour is hit-or-miss.

Posted on September 14, 2011 in Accessibility, CSS